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September 14, 2021

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Etisalat Group CEO highlights UAE’s push for innovation making it a destination for everything digital at GSMA Mobile 360 Eurasia conference

The mobile industry is becoming a great enabler across economies, by continuing to build partnerships across industries to enable meaningful economic growth, expand employment opportunities, and empowering societies at large, emphasised Hatem Dowidar, CEO, Etisalat Group, at his opening keynote on the first day of the GSMA Mobile 360–Eurasia in Moscow...

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Batelco Solar Park to produce clean energy on target for October launch

Senior management from Batelco’s Network and Corporate Communications Divisions made a site visit to view the progress of Batelco’s Solar Park, which is currently being built in Ras Abu Jarjoor next to...

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New FirstNet cell site launches near Baudette to support first responders in Northern Minnesota

Northern Minnesota’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet® network expansion currently underway by AT&T...

Recent Developments

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Win free fiber for life with stc Bahrain starting at BD 5 per month

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Huawei AR-HUD debuts at IAA MOBILITY 2021, delivering a new driving experience

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stc greets returning passengers with a special welcome back gift

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Oxford Report: 120% growth in the female workforce over 3 years

Policy and Regulation

•	Goverment announces proposal for partial privatization of Ethio-Telecom The Government of Ethiopia has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Partial Privatization of Ethio-Telecom to invite proposals from interested parties who can add value to the Company by bringing in best practices...

•	IT Ministry to launch 5G technology in Pakistan next year Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that the Ministry of Information Technology would launch 5G technology in the country next year...

South Asia

•	NDPC launches digital payment app Nepal Digital Payments Company Limited (NDPC) has launched a beta version of the digital payment app ‘Namaste Pay’ on September 14....

•	Huawei launches Seeds for the Future 2021 Bangladesh Huawei Technologies Bangladesh Limited has launched the seventh Seeds for the Future 2021 Bangladesh to inspire ICT talents through a virtual inauguration event...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	SeaChange powers new Popcornflix app Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment’s Crackle Plus-owned OTT offering Popcornflix is now available in a new app powered by technology outfit SeaChange’s StreamVid streaming platform...

•	Fuse+ lit on multicultural streaming Latin entertainment company Fuse Media has launched Fuse+, a new streaming platform dedicated to empowering and inspiring a multicultural, millennial audience...

•	Sport1 launches streaming platform Sport1 Extra German broadcaster Sport1 has launched a subscription streaming platform for sports fans in Germany, Austria and Switzerland...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodafone presses UK to incentivise 5G, IoT development Vodafone UK urged the government to prioritise a speedy adoption of digital technology, with a specific focus on 5G and IoT to meet an ambitious target of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050...

•	Telefonica taps NEC for open RAN push Telefonica struck a deal with NEC to conduct open RAN trials in the operator’s four core global markets, a step towards achieving a goal for half of its 5G deployments to use the approach by 2025...

•	Australia's Vocus adopts tollring's new SaaS-based scam protect solution Tollring’s Scam Protect automatically monitors millions of daily calls across a telco’s network and presents analytics on alerts and type of potential scam calls that come into the network...

Middle East

•	Salesforce solutions digitally transform AlMalki Group’s luxury retail experiences Salesforce’s customer relationship management solutions are empowering AlMalki Group, a Saudi-based family-owned business, which specializes in the luxury retail and distribution market, to digitally transform the...

•	Expo 2020 Dubai: UAE mobile networks change names As part of the world fair, Dubai is set to welcome 190 participating countries with an estimated 25 million visitors from across the globe...

•	Services by Kuwait customs go digital The General Administration of Customs has announced the launch of the first phase of the tracking service for express mail consignments, part of its efforts toward digital transformation...

North Africa

•	Africa Data Centres says it will roll out the largest ever data centre expansion plan continent-wide Africa’s carrier-neutral co-location data centre provider, Africa Data Centres, plans to build large hyperscale data centres throughout Africa, including the North African countries of Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	China has built more than 1 million 5G base stations China had built more than 1 million 5G base stations by the end of August, as the nation steps up efforts to build a sound telecom infrastructure for widening the use of 5G in more sectors...

•	NetOne to deploy 260 new base stations NetOne had already upgraded 75 base stations from 2G to 3G and a further 60 to 4G and the operator is expecting to install the country’s first 5G equipment as part of its network expansion...

•	SoftBank's 5G Network to cover 80 percent of Japan population SoftBank Corp. said that it expects the coverage of its 5G large-capacity ultrafast mobile network to reach 80 pct of Japan's population by the end of October...

Satellite & Internet

•	TDC TV and internet extend reach on Norlys fiber network Customers of Danish energy and telecom service provider Norlys can now sign up for internet and TV services from TDC Erhverv and YouSee on the company’s fibre network in southern Denmark and northern Jutland...

•	Arianespace Soyuz rocket launches 34 more OneWeb internet satellites to orbi Nearly three dozen OneWeb internet satellites took flight, continuing to build out the company's broadband constellation...

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